цървул

Bulgarian

Цървули

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *červьjь (“shoe”) +‎ -ул (-ul), spread from a Western dialect (where cluster *čr- > *cr-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɐrˈvuɫ]

Noun

църву́л • (cǎrvúl) m

1. opanak (Balkan leather shoe)
2. (derogatory) a simple-minded or tactless person

Declension

Declension of църву́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	църву́л cǎrvúl	църву́л cǎrvúl
definite	църву́л cǎrvúl	църву́л cǎrvúl

Alternative forms

• чре́ве (čréve), цре́ве (créve) — obsolete

Coordinate terms

• опъ́нци pl (opǎ́nci), опи́нци pl (opínci), опи́нки pl (opínki)
• връвча́нки pl (vrǎvčánki)

Related terms

• че́рво (čérvo, “intestine”)

References

• “цървул”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “цървул”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “чрѣвьи”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024